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I still don't get how Walking Dead Vol. 1 is selling so many copies every month. You think everyone would have bought a copy by now.

There are always new customers, especially when you have a hit TV show that even non-comic lovers adore.

Spider-Man sold over 600,000 units. You have to figure, Superior was averaging in the 90 thousands range, so Amazing was worth more than six Superior issues. Added to that is the 50% price bump ($4 normally to $6), and it is easy to see why Marvel is so happy (they made hand over fist this month).

Regardless, DC should be truly happy. Eternal is a huge success and landed them four spots on the top ten, which is no easy feat.

I'm shocked that 2 $5.99 books went 1-2 in Unit Sales. I'm surprised that Batman Eternal didn't do better sales wise actually. What really surpises me is that Hulk #1 sold so well. It just goes to prove Marvel's point, #1's sell like Hotcakes. I'll be surprised if we ever see a series by Marvel go past #30 again.

I'm shocked that 2 $5.99 books went 1-2 in Unit Sales. I'm surprised that Batman Eternal didn't do better sales wise actually. What really surpises me is that Hulk #1 sold so well. It just goes to prove Marvel's point, #1's sell like Hotcakes. I'll be surprised if we ever see a series by Marvel go past #30 again.

Hulk #1 sold well because it's the Hulk written by Mark Waid. Marvel's problem is launching stuff like Loki: Agent of Asgard #1 by Al Ewing, or Secret Avengers #1 by Ales Kot. Marvel Now! worked really well because they launched all of their strong titles with strong creators. All-New Marvel Now! isn't quite working as well. I'm worried if they keep launching these C-List character, no name creator number 1's it's going to end up screwing them over somehow.

I'm shocked that 2 $5.99 books went 1-2 in Unit Sales. I'm surprised that Batman Eternal didn't do better sales wise actually. What really surpises me is that Hulk #1 sold so well. It just goes to prove Marvel's point, #1's sell like Hotcakes. I'll be surprised if we ever see a series by Marvel go past #30 again.

The big ending to a year long epic is going to sell well and the new #1 featuring the return of the iconic Spider-Man are going to sell well. Batman has proven you can raise the price on important issues and people will fork over the extra cash without question.

Eternal did really well. Barring big surprises, the second issue that is double shipped in a month usually sells less than the first, so it makes sense that issues 3 and 4 of Eternal would sell less than issue 1 (and even issue 2).

There are always new customers, especially when you have a hit TV show that even non-comic lovers adore.

Spider-Man sold over 600,000 units. You have to figure, Superior was averaging in the 90 thousands range, so Amazing was worth more than six Superior issues. Added to that is the 50% price bump ($4 normally to $6), and it is easy to see why Marvel is so happy (they made hand over fist this month).

Regardless, DC should be truly happy. Eternal is a huge success and landed them four spots on the top ten, which is no easy feat.

Hulk #1 sold well because it's the Hulk written by Mark Waid. Marvel's problem is launching stuff like Loki: Agent of Asgard #1 by Al Ewing, or Secret Avengers #1 by Ales Kot. Marvel Now! worked really well because they launched all of their strong titles with strong creators. All-New Marvel Now! isn't quite working as well. I'm worried if they keep launching these C-List character, no name creator number 1's it's going to end up screwing them over somehow.

Actually Mark Waid's Hulk has been relaunched because the sales figure were low, the same is true for the FF relaunch, and both had a good result with the first issue. It remains to be seen if they will maintain those levels or not, FF is already near pre relaunch figures for example. The books that feature minor characters on the other hand debuted with lower sales (it's to be expected) but until now had many reprints and are holding to their levels a lot better at least standing to the sales charts (Black Widow, Ms. Marvel, Punisher).

Launching books about minor characters without famous creators helps keeping the books alive because they don't need to sell 50-60k per issue to pay the authors and stay profitable. In a market where Iron Man and Thor sells around 30-40k (with big names on them) you can't realistically expect Ghost Rider or Elektra to stay on the same level so you need to stay on a budget. GOT was the exception but they knew a movie was coming so they needed to keep a certain profile. At least with the creative teams they have books like Loki, Black Widow, She-Hulk, Punisher and so on will be able to keep running selling around 25-30k per issue.

ASM 1.2 is a surprise for me, since it seems naturally to be the kind of story people would trade wait.

Nice to see former ASM artist JRJR get some love for Superman 32.

But its unbelievable to me that Harley Quinn #7 is in fourth place, let alone that it sold 93,000 copies. Did the creative team do a deal with the devil or is HQ really that popular right now? Whichever it is, I am really thinking the time may be right to do a HQ movie.

Kudos to Marvel to making Spider-Man a best selling title again.
And to see a Flashback title of Spidey by the same writer in the Top 10 as well,is a good sign to see how Spidey is back at top form among all the most popular comic book characters.